Synacom completed RoamFree™ Gateway installation at Korea Telecom Freetel in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics
August 30, 2000

San Jose, CA, US - Synacom Technology, Inc. announced today that it has completed the installation of a RoamFree™ Gateway product with Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF). Through its Korea based partner Soft Teleware, Synacom provided RoamFree™ Gateway systems to Korea Telecom Freetel which will provide commercial international roaming services starting in September of 2000.

The RoamFree™ Gateway is designed to enable seamless roaming between GSM networks and IS-41 based CDMA networks. This enhanced roaming service will be available to Korean CDMA subscribers who will now be able to roam internationally into GSM markets, right in time for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Sydney, Australia where GSM coverage is predominantly available.

"We are very pleased that KTF has chosen Synacom's RoamFree Gateway to enable bi-directional GSM/CDMA international roaming," said Ming J. Lee, President and CEO of Synacom. "We see a fast growing market for GSM and CDMA cross technology roaming services in Asia and worldwide. We plan to work with our partner Soft Teleware to tailor our RoamFree™ product to meet the specific requirements in Korea and the rest of Asia."

"We are more than happy to manage to have KTF to start their international roaming service on time," said Seungku Yi, President and CEO of Soft Teleware. "In Korea, we expect a lot of demand for roaming service between heterogeneous networks when IMT-2000 service starts. We plan to provide integration services for our partner Synacom's products in Korea and the rest of Asia."

Synacom Technology, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, designs, develops and delivers roaming, fraud prevention and provisioning products to wireless service providers worldwide. Synacom is developing an IP product that will bridge the gap between mobile communication and the Internet. Synacom 's new Mobility Control Function product provides a key component that enables an IP Wireless Core Architecture.

Soft Teleware, Inc. (http://www.softteleware.com), headquartered in Seoul, Korea, customizes and integrates software solutions like RoamFree™ to wireless carriers. Soft Teleware designs and develops core network equipment including HLR and data networking products for both 3GPP and 3GPP2.

Trademarks: RoamFree™ is a trademark of Synacom Technology, Inc.